Small-Scale as an Alternative

How can you shape a 'New Economy' yourself? This book explains what you can do based on ten years of experience at Hof van Twello, a public-oriented farm between Deventer and Apeldoorn. You will learn how to make small-scale operations profitable, because locally focused small-scale operations are the only real axe at the root of the system.
Hof van Twello opts for the common. Commons used to be pieces of land used communally. Their use was 'paid for' by maintaining ditches, roads, and hedgerows. You received something, but you had to do something for it! Hof van Twello applies this incredibly strong win-win management model to its land, but also to matters such as landscape, knowledge, health, nutrition, construction, and financing. In doing so, it puts the slogan Reclaiming the Commons! from the anti-globalization movement into practice.
With New Commons, detach yourself from multinationals in agriculture, food, money, insurance, energy, and construction. We can do a lot ourselves, but we really have to choose to do so. That is the message of this book.
Hof van Twello is worth a visit and has, among other things, a beautiful regional shop, where Vreeken's Zaden seeds are also sold.